The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

411 By MARKET AND COICIIXRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ,s.. AR the dayk rt for the assembling of the weekly is ; the or the Bank of England directors draws near, 8 ii ti 7 l4l ber of bills brought forward for negotiation N r i k nir thea, and business in the general discount ),, h et 18 almost at a standstill. In fact so general I Ceell the expectation of a reduction being made so I:torrow in the official quotation, t hat what was kce erd 'Y an idea i s regar d e d to -d a y in the light of ss'l rb t r t tain t r. The j o i nt s t oc k an d private 7 arY forcibly demonstrate their view of the e o f affairs when they are willing to discount Per I per cent, u n d er th e official minimum of ' er cent. tlc sar n e was no m a t er i a l a lt er ation in the foreign tib tee yesterd ay a ft ernoon . N t 2 llt £64,000 in gold was taken into the Bank se "gay, 8 MN= *mem 81 ,At the Two O'CLOCK. 5( 34,4 Paris Blurse this morning, according to i ltiot e cin n elitEr '' l telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 8.81 f. 700 .—Firm on account of the rise in L 5 2 qe o t to La mmermoor, from China with a cargo of a l T h . 13, Was lost in G as par Straits. 8 11,1 3, starket s f or stocks and shares are no w favour- 8 , Th e nl42 aced by monetary and political prospects. st 2 5 tt:ittieeltti ra w , e o : fci P e e ot e or t rr e o d reduction of the Bank of England et I perhaps to 6 per cent., has created e feeling in speculative circles. The 4 4 y M announci ng th a t England had proposed a 1 8 Itk r, retle e for th e se ttl em ent of the Danish si th e and that A ustr i a an d Prussia had accepted ! I l : r : 4 l3n aal, and p rom i se d to suspend o perations i: hti 1 60 b li m 418 0 very materially assisted to influence 14let have of quotations. Both purchas es and ssi t ow been largely effected, and the Funds at e for: P e r cent. higher than last evening, Consols :1 1 The Hey being 911 and for the account 91 1. 2: ttia "ev? Threes and R e duced Annuities are 91 1 d ; 11: 104 1 1 (14 er Bills, ss. dis. to par.; India 5 per Cents., ;, For:; aud the Bonds Cs. dis. to par. general improvement has taken place in the ( I; ke t i r , 4ll 'Market, and business is very active. r_ P4 8 ,• 411 have risen 11, viz., to 441 1; Spanish 13, to 341 q; the Certificates are firm, at hyo ; Greek, at 22 1 2 3; Turkish 6 per Cents. t : 17 anzed t o 691 ; do. Consolides, have risen d e , ti to 60a g ; but the Confederate Loan has fled t o 62 63. lit t , l2 ,,,, aine 's in th e Railway Share Market has con- i_11:1 i1141 4 ' Moderately active, and prices have in most s l s. o N ti . n ees slightly improved. Great Eastern, Lan -21 lir eit e and Yorkshire, Brighton, and North 2 .2 1 16 1, e x t ; tl , have each advanced 55., South Eastern £l, and Metropolitan £2. to ypotthe Foreign and Colonial under.akings there , 1 01 Nmuch variation. to al t 81 1 14p e and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in sto 11 'eat e ,.. 3 , at slightly enhanced rates. London and 5t, 47 , e 'tnster realise 84 ; Alliance of London and 1: 1 , t 1.1) ° 0 1, 46 . 1 47 ; Oriental Bank, 641; South t 4 ‘31 e11 Banking Company are quoted 1 to 14 Lt d Ottoman Financial A ss ociation, Ito 1 prem. ; 1 s ecurities, prem. I G o , rb et BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CL OCK. 1k Per '6 II:I UENT FUNDS. I b itto era. Consols ........... etc 04 eAc t *unt March 5 ......... 9iatit ' el'''. Reduced ..... 9ll iii a* I Per4llll iti e Cen t 9ll 2 2 tte, p 5 8 1 3 30 yrs, expire iDthJan.,lBBo ..._— 10 g. lit ° f " r 0 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 10 ttli (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. 11 Neer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. par eta ,;;Jyt o eta t it iuitt o £5OO £lOO and: ..... 21 hi t 4 gland Stk, 4/per Ct., last hf.-yr. 2381 9 7# titu NAN' GovEn mEPNT SECURITIES• 5 1 "tlitt o °CI E. I.oi per Cent., April 1874 2lB to Di tto 4 .eeount .................... bitt: " per Cent. July, 1870 Ili tto Aecount ............... bi t „tPer Cent., Oct. 1883 — st, Ditto Enfaced Paper,4 per Cent — a bi t , 5 Cent., 1872 .. -i t , Per Jan. i bl'f;?. beb 6 1 per Cent , May, er Ct., 1879 — ,entures, 4 p April 1861 8 I i, I L 4 iitto ditto Aug., 1866 -- t:p Bonds £l,OOO 6 dig - t o 'ander £1,000... ........... 1 / 4 , ; , FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. b:',.'ilin 5 per Cent lj!le 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60 ,b i lt te, 1863 tp.',, tl e Scrip, 1863, £55 paid cgCs Ayres 6 per Cent. n b t 'se 7 per Cent lo3i Rt to t, o 2 Second , Issue lii t ' t 0 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupun . s : 2 - 31 2i b it 0 Account ............ ~ ..... 1 .1) . t „,, t° Coupons .............. N 4, Account ,Di l , e ,_ ll 3 per Cent ga -1 - 0 Account 4sh 43 3 4 a 4 * Or 1)1 4 anada l4 bito 2 per Cent. .. t o be ., _ t k , , ,, Deferred — lii t ,Y l 44 per Cent -- it u Account —. bi t ' t ° a per Cent. bi tt o 4 / per Cent., 1862 I,bit t :;kccount — 011 4 ..1 per Cent ............ -- Ne e se 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... bi tt ° o ikecount .. bbitt o .Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 4 —_ _ _ mi,e; ACCOUnt ... •• • 7 i 1 5 bitt't'l 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St 93 ' Dit t ° „!l per Cent 850. ............ bi tto " 1 Per Cent., 1859 Patijo l Per Cent, 1862 bitt 3 Per Cent bit? Per -- I) itr New Deferred b ; .. 0 Account — 8 V Bas iit o A Iva ki l l, ~,eceunt — all I I ) 41 ...ert. of Coup not funded — '44i:l,l'°3ollW lii t i o - e Per Cent. 1851 bitt - 06 4 ecount ........ 911 Ditto A Per Cent. 1858 .............. t o g c 'count 7ll i 1?tto'i'100 Bonds . . . Dit to Per Cent 186') 69 1 I V l t tt° £l7) l 3 li nt ....... ............... (2 eela 3 Bonds itto 4 Per Cent bi tto n ecou in •.. Ditt o A u c Per Cent., 1862 .............. ec'ent 141, la 4 A Di vid 59 i en ds on the above payable in Lond .u. Ditto er Cent 1861 Ex 25 f'an's — E 7 Aceo . '' ' ' 7 i V O4B ... .9 ••• ..... .• y ‘ . o lB m TWO O'CLOCK , •L'itt o flay A ccount . 911 Zito ----- -- ' 61 1 3 001 Cotton Market—This Day. _ - tt ark htte et Steady. Sales about 5,000 bales. IM' " 66 ; previousl y, 9, 007. The Dnish Cruiser, PLYMOUTII, W e dnesday, 10 a.m. T hE hich Danish frigate Niels Juel, 46, Capt. Gotlieb, 4 11r ' returned to the Sound on Monday afternoon, *ith eljati ng to start again, and she has filled up Coa der ketltdestination is unknown. The re.engag . e testir:/f the Plymouth Branch pilot indicates an in port I tt of resuming her search for prizes near this "t it is rumoured that she will shortly go to t tl hagen. fro, Channel ad the wind is blowing s tron g l y the eastw. A 1)(11 /BLE MURDERER.—A fellow named James .. we „ tf „ art a costermonger, who in 1836 was convicted lettr o ,tls ' a ughter in killing his wife, and sentenced to six Il k % P en al servitude, was yesterday brought before the tikr oeci lila gistrates, charged with the murder of awnnian iagtio,„. S usan Cleverley, with whom he cohabited. The of aPon th e b o dy of deceased was held on the pre -111488:°e'lling, and a verdict of "wilful Murder" returned. te a Prisoner , it seems, had lived with deceased almost nab• th tame of the expiration of his previous sentence, h er i " evidenc e s h owe d that he had ccntinuonsly treat ed 1 4t: 11 t he most brutal manner. On Teesd a y morning. th e bet ween one and two o'clock , the pe rsons living ni a T n ; ° house, No. 3, Little Corn-street , Bath , and also i n a 1 411 house were awoke by of " Murder, ' 1:,• b noises a s o f a s i i erson jumping upon cries sone substance. W as th e brute jumping upon the body of the deceased. Iv o ; nei ghbours, upon rushing to the room, found the k ci t-ti • upon tno floor bleeding profusely from the face , h c , i , t he pris oner, i n rep ly to their questions, admitted that b ot ' c l inflicted the injuries. A policeman was called in, It: 4 th ° unhappy woman refused to give him into cus- Ite:' sa ying that if she did so he would bo sure to kill ' afterwards. The brutal rascal would not touch her in 11 1. : ell eo of th e po li cema n, but as soon as he had left ran In k i llt the house with a poker seeking his paramour, who , B°ll Rht refuge in a fellow lodger's room, swearing ho ti ld kill her and any one who harboured her, The un 4111tlY Woman died from the injuries on Sunday morning. vier bod 3' was frightfully bruised, and the medical evidence t Orly ehoweJ that death was caused by iiijury to the brain r w from the p • isoner's blows, He has been committed aful murder. BEARE MARKETS. --This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCK Business Railways. Paid. price. done. done. 14. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val. 5 Blythe and Tyne Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.k.;o t Bristol and Exeter ... • st Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon :0 Cornwall 10 Do A gets no die 0 Do. B Till pc.pan.haF been paid to B. Dublin do Belfast June. 8 gi Ri 9 83 67 120 121 01 71 37 39 VI 17 t‘li 05i lefl los 431 ifli 47 19 73 8 Dun..Vcrth,&Ab. Junc. it Edinburgh it Glasgow. Glasg. and S, Wotern.l 3t GI - TA; Eatitcrh, Ord. stk. st Ditto A stock ...... at Ditto East Anglian st at GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... 1 at Do A stock at Do ti do at Gt, S. Mid W. of Ireland at Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock' Lancashire doYorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright,ez S. Coast it Lon., Chat., and Dover ;t Lou. Za North Western it Len. & So..th Western, it Man., Shef., Sz Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. l2i Do f 5hare5........ ,, it Metropolitan it Midland .4.0 Do New et Do Binning. & Derby c 0 Mid. (It. W. of Ireland Do,i shares 129 t:3/ 131 134 134 1 3 0 415 87 e4l 65 1111 112 72 74 104 106 41 110 110 i 091 100} mi 521 1074 1054 130 1301 I 99 101 Mid !Cott .. . 0 Do Cray Line it North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern-13erwict. Do, G.N.E. purchast Do Leeds Do York - I Do Carlisle st North 'London 10 Do New OA North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction. It Scottish Central it Scot. N. E., Aher. stool it Do Scot. Mid. stock .0 Shrews, and Welchpoo , it Shropshire Union Soutn Devon .. it S o uth Eastern It !South Wales it IS. York. and River Dun 10 taince, Wok., an dWok. 16 Stockton & Darlington ' 15 Do :5 Do New, MC it Taff Va1e..... .0 Do B LO Do C 10 Ulster 15 Do .10 Do Vale of Neath t Victoria sta. and Pura it Waterford & Kilkenny A West Cornwall at W. Hartlepool Har,&K at West Midland -Oxford st Do Newport t Do Hereford 51 65 24 t 6 1031 1(4 - 68 69 91} 62i 125 130 'lb 24 77a 78} It IJ. 123 126 CI 44 9s 100 534 544 84 16 441 05i 100 1(2 Si 9i 38 39 9 10 I 7. 8i 165 170 5i 6 t F - -1) 22 24 Mtn:lSn r ,lONS. Railways ciantic & St Lawrena Bom.,Barodadz.Cent led tau. S per cent Do. New . -•• •• :0 Do. E. Shares... .04 Buffalo and Latce Huron l 0 Do. Preferonoe .... • • 10 Buffalo,Brant,StGodrlell 5 p. ot, bds. Aug. 1, 1872 )0 Vo. do. July 1, 187:-: Closing Price. 59 £1 103 I.oi 1 ) P 1 P bi 7} 81 Do. cloT June 1,1879 it ClcUtta.&S.Eadtn. (Lim; Cape Town Dock Seril )ok Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. 'ck East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. O Do. do. G Ext..... O Do. do. II do. .. ck Grand Trunk of Canada O Do. let Pref. Bonds.. O Do. dO. deferred...... 10 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. )0 Do. do. deferred...... )0 Do. 3d Pref. stock O Do. do. deferred...... 10 Do. 4th I'ref. stock... O Do. do. deferred-- rck Gt.lndiarentn.mua.sp.c O Do. New gua.% p. e... O Do. January, 1882 .. ok Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 104 Gt. W. of Canada Shares 100 102 100 102 105 100 1(31 1 0 41 191 2 01 E 72 74 54 60 E 6 63 50 b 3 49 52 33 (2 26 28 i 22 C 5 103 104 }2lj. 1021 1031 9i 10 11 10i , ; 92 94 E 5 87 1024 103 ip 1 96 93 92 96 - Do. New O Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. )O Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.... l 0 Indian Branch Limited )ek Madras guar., 5 p. o. )ck Do. 4/ p. a Extension )ck Dc. 44 d 0........ 10 Do. Fifth Extension.' )ck .11elb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 50 Alelb. & Hobson's Bay. )0 Do. 7p. c. 51ortg. Bds. 10 NewßrU swick a Can& Class A and B. N. Iti.C'da 8 pa Ist plbo Ack Soinde • • 1 58 6 all 100 (100 . 100 2 all No k 100 3 6 82 84 102 103 11 , 21 le3! iP 102 103 103 j took Do. so Do. et Do. Do. ook Do. Delhi I fl do Punjaub La" Do. ........ Inclue.St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t,an.Gov. 6 p.e.J a&J ul) • 1577-88 ..... IVO 101 103 1' 11 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 99 101 1004 1 Do. 6p. Sept 100 102 104 Do. Ip. 0. Jan.&July 10C 8.1 61 Do. 8 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,187:3 100 106 108 Do.Ap A Oct. 1880 100 108 110 Do. 1890 100 110 112 Do. Jan. Sr July, 1891 100 108 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 1 00 111 113 I Maurlttus 6 per cent lOO IQ6 108 INatal Gov. 6 per cent 130 1(.8 110 • N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&Jul) 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1,180 100 99 100 Dv. sp. e.,lBii to 1 t 100 99 10) 994 —. Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 991 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 KS 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterihig, 1875 lOO 10 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO S. Aus G6p.c.1873.& up lOO 103 111 Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 - Do. to 6 v.e. An.&Oot.. 100 110 111 1105 BRITISH I‘IIN ES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold I I id chtlord Amalgamated.. 38 17 Devcn G. Cont, k "ravist.) 1 630 680 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 65 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ".14.6 28 20 29 East Cana Brea... 3.4.0 64 7 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 41 iGam.ASLAubyn(Gwen.? 584 10 11 reat South Tolgus l7s 4 44 G. 'Wheal Vor (llelston 40 21 21 224 Grenville 6.16.3 51 emd's-Foot ...... 8.12 15 37 iiingston Downs 4.18.0 41 44 Lady Bertha 'Margaret (City Lelart 94 17 19 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 24 11 New Setun 192 8) 05 • North Downs 24 12- 24 Basset(lllo4au 3.1.0 2 25 North Whcal Crotty Vat' Consols (St. Blaze) , ' i'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.; 10.6.7 41 46 :South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 440 160 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — 15 heal Fran. (Illogan; 18.18.9 15 CO jStray Park 30 . 17 . 6 2) 31 I rnmar Silv.& Lead Min Crott 9 1 , 4 204 - West Basset (Mogan). 14 11 12 W Ct radon (Liskcard; .5 21 23 West Setort Wheal Basset (Mogan 84 10 2JO Wheal Buller(Redruth) , 10 874 924 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 38 40 WhealLudcott Whcal )51aryAnn (Lien ) 8 114 146 Wheal 3eton .. 1 584 175 185 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)l 7 23 24 —.!Wheal Union 1 3.17 21 24 ------- PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 41 per cent., red. at 10 percent. pm., 104 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 105 LINES LEASED FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham 11. & G, IA 7 61 Shrewsburyand Hereford, 1381 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Copenhagen. lim., 21 Namur and Liege, gu a. 6 per cent. pf., 2 0 1 Ott o man (Smyrna to Aidm), 111 Sambre and Meuse, 71 Ban Paulo gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 21 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20i FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Um., 81 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. &lllance Bank of Lonctm and Liverpool (lira.), 461 7 Ditto, new, 31i Anglo Austrian, 51 61 Bank of Egypt, 26 Bank of London. 167 Bank of ()tag°. Jim., 3 ; ; Bank of New Zealand. 151 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, ;-; -"'--'Ditto, new, issued at .£lO pm, 311 City, 1150 Consolidated Bank, Um., 101 Continental, lira., East London, lint.. SI English and Irish (lim.), 121 European Bank, lim., 9 Hindustan, china, and Ja?an (Um), 301 Imperial Bank (Urn.), 30 Imperial Ottoman, 161 I Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 3i f London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new. issued at pm , 5 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 London and Comity, 59 London Joint Stock, 38 London and South American, Urn., 91 London and Westminster. 79. 01 Metro!). and Prov. Bank (lim.), 2* New South Wales, 50,i 511 Oriental Bank Corporation. 641 Seinde, Punjaub. and Delhi, Bin., Ditto, new, 7 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas. limited, 41 Commercial Union (Insurance), 10 Contract Corporation. lim., 51 Crystal Palace, 33.4 East India Irrigation and ('anal, 31 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 41 t Electric Telegraph. 106/ Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 7: 1 Joint •stock Discount, lim., 61 1", L ondon Finan.lial Association, 261 1 L on don Provincial Marine, 31 3 National Discount Comp my, lint., 110 I Ocean Marine (Insurance), 191 Societe Financiere d Kgypte, lim., 5 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Urn., 7 Universal Marine (insurance), lim., A DESCENDANT OF " OLD PARR."--JaMeS Parr died last week in St. Helen's, dying in a garret, attended as an act of charity by a philanthropic surgeon. James said to be given to drinking, poetry, and painting . . THE DINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUST- Mk:NS will take place on the 15th of March, 40 i 471 131 031 12 II 105 39 40 110 k ; IGO 921 110 .1 91 i 1301 i _ C4} lei Of i SS 02 ISSEi Paid. all 100 Business done 59i -1031 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) .COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE STRONSBERG. This was an application for release from custody. The bankrupt is described as Ferdinand Phillip Fischel Strons berg, late of Jerrayn-street, St. James's, and Oakley, Sur rey, and now a prisoner for debt in Whitecross -street, gentleman. The bankrupt applied for his discharge on a former occa sion, he having executed a deed of arrangement ; the appli cation, however, was refused by Mr. Commissioner Goul burn, and a similar application to ono of the learned judges at chambers was also refused. Ho was then adjudicated bankrupt, and now applied for his release under the bank ruptcy. Mr. Reed opposed on the part of the 'Western Assurance Company, who are creditors to the extent of £l,OOO, and said that at present there were no materials before the Court from which his Honour could judge of the reasonableness of the application, no statement of accounts having yet been filed. His Honour declined to interfere until after the choice of assignees. The Metropolitan General Life Assurance Company are creditors for £9C9, and the Mitre General Life Assurance Company for L 1,090. (Before Mr. Registrar Murray.) RE W. C. SELBY. This was a meeting for choice of assignees. The bank rupt was a farmer at Ightham, near Sevenoaks, and his debts were about £5OO. Upon the application of Mr. \Vetherfield, solicitor, of Moorgate-street, the meeting was adjourned by the Registrar, to enable the bankrupt to carry out a contemplated compromise. One creditor only appeared to -day, and consented. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SELF-ACCUSATTON OF A WITNESS—OFFERING STOLEN PROPERTY FOR :ALE.—Two young men named George and William Holding was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with offering for sale a silver fork, supposed to be stolen. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners went to the shop of Mr. Jacobs, a jeweller, Oxford-street, and George offered a silver fork broken in two and with a crest partly erased for sale. Inspector Bowles happening to be passing at the time was called in, and the prisoners given into his cus'ody. Upon this William started off. The in spector left George in charge of the persons in the shop, and pursued William as far as Old Cavendish-street, where he was stopped, and then, with the other prisoner, taken to the station, when George said, "I'm sure it is not stolen (mean ing the fork), for I received it from my cousin William." The prisoner William then said, "Three weeks ago I re ceived it from Emma Wrag, at 65, Cambridge. terrace, Hyde-park, She told me she had found it in the house, and that it had been left behind by some person who had previously lived there." Inspector Bowles afterwards went to No. 4, Eastbourne-terrace, where Emma Wrag was servant to Mrs. Hallein, and Emma Wrag said she did not give him (Williani) the fork, and could not have thought he would have done such a thing; and on the inspector goiog to 65, Cambridge-terrace, he ascertained that the fork was the property of Lady Letitia Otway, and had been stolen from the plate-basket in the kitchen on the 6th of this month. The young woman, Emma Wrag, got info the witness box, and said that both the young men at the bar were in nocent, that she had taken the fork herself, and given it to the prisoner William. Mr. Tyrwhitt told the young woman that she had better be careful or she might criminate herself. She had better stand down. Mr. Norton, solicitor, and landlord of the house, 65, Cambridge-terrace, identified the fork as the property of Lady Letitia Otway, and said he missed it on the 6th of the' present month. The prisoners were remanded to see what steps Lady Letitia 0 twat' intended to take. Mr. Greenall, tailor, of 325, Oxford-street, in whose em ploy the prisoner William had been for some time, gave him a good character, and offered to become bail fot him. The young woman, Emma Wrag, and the prisoner William, had both lived in his service while in Conduit-street, and always behaved themselves very well. He believed they had been keeping company together. Mr, Tyrwhitt remanded the young men, and took Mr. Greenall's bail for William. WILFUL DAMAGE AND MURDEROUS AssAxtr.T.--Ellen Carmody, residing at 8, Smith's-court, Great Windmill street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with wilfully breaking a plate of the value of £3, at the Crown public house, Crown-court, Little Pulteney-street, the property of Mrs. Eliza White, the landlady, and also with assaulting Miss Ellen White; the niece of Mrs. White, and Eliza Cook, the servant. Miss White said that on the previous night the prisoner and another female came into the house and had a pint of porter. They did not pay for it, but went out. She went after them and tapped the prisoner on the shoulder and told her she had - not paid for the porter. The pri soner said—" I'll show you if I have not paid for it," and then came back and made use of very bad language. After some trouble she was got outside, and for five minutes beat the window with her hand, but not being able to break it by that means she took off her boot and smashed a pane of plate glass of the value of £3. She then got into the house again and tried to attack her (wit ness) but she got out of the prisoner's way, and the ser vant (Eliza Cook) came to her assistance, when the prisoner took up a piece of glass and struck the servant a fearful blow on the head with it, cutting it very badly and deluging her with blood. She also saized a pint pot to attack her (witness's) aunt. Eliza Cook, servant to Mrs. White, proved seeing the prisoner smash the plate of glass, and said that in trying to keep the prisoner off her young mistress, she took up a pint pot to strike her with it, and on her (witness) taking it from her she stooped down and picked up a piece of glass (a formidable weapon in the hands of an infuriated person, it being of a triangular shape, and jagged), and struck her a severe blow on the head with it. The prisoner then took up a side door shutter, and swore she would smash her brains out. The effect of the blow was that her head was severely cut, all her clothes were saturated with blood, and she was taken to the Middlesex Hospital, where her head was dressed. _ Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner would be remanded for a week. In the event of the young woman Cook having erysipelas and dying, the prisoner would be tried at the Old Bailey. Under any circumstances the prisoner would have very severe punishment. Remanded. THAMES. STEALING TEA IN THE LONDONDocK.—William Potts; aged 41, a carman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged ' with stealing 31bs of tea. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was In the London Dock with his master's van and horses, and assisting in loading his van with chests of tea from one of the ware• houses. While the loading of the van was going on, the prisoner was away from it several minutes in the warehouse. Tho prisoner was leaving the dock with his team and load of tea when he was stopped by Edward Ellis, a dock con stable, who discovered a horse's nose bag in the van which contained another bag filled with 31bs of tea. The pri soner, on being asked whets he obtained the tea, replied, "i"s only sweepings." The tea was of the best quality, and quite clean. A chest of tea was discovered to have been broken open in the warehouse on the west quays, from which the prisoner had been loading teas. The tea in the nose bag and the tea in the broken chest were of the same quality and colour. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON THE MASTER OF A WORKHOUSE. —Henry Silva, an able-bodied pauper, chargeable to the Poplar Union, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with committing a violent assault on Mr. J. Speed, the master of the union workhouse, in High-street, Poplar. The prisoner is a very disorderly fellow. He has been chargeable to the Poplar Union for seven years, and he has been in the practice of neglecting his work, and acting in a turbulent manner. Yesterday he was making a noise, and on being desired by the master to desist and attend to his work, he put the master at defiance and said he would do no work. The master expostulated with him, and was about to remove him from the ward he was in when the pri soner made a furious attack on Mr. Speed, struck him Bove. 1..1 times, and marked his face. Mr. Paget-said this was a very bad case of insubordina tion and violence, for which he sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months, and hard labour. CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.—An inquest was yesterday held in Ponton-street, Newington, on the b3dy of James Taylor, six years of ago. It appears that the child was in a room by itself, when its clothes by some means caught fire. Although immediate help was rendered, and the flames extinguished at once, the poor little fellow was so severely burnt that his life could not be preserved. The persons who entered the room, attracted by the cries of the child, found a number of lucifer-matches strewn about the floor. There was also another child, three years of age, in the room. It appears that the mother was uut washing, she being obliged to maintain herself and three children while her husband was in prison for having committed an assault upon her. Sho had applied for relief to the parish, but was "offered the house," which she refused. PRIZE DESIGNS.—" Undoubtedly, however, the finest show in this respect is made by Benson, who offered prizes for designs for watch cases at the South Kensington Museum, and who by this means has secured some of the most ex quisite ornamental details for watch cases that are shown in the buildiug."—Times, May 7, 1832. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, repeater.% centre seconds, keyless, split seconds, and every description of watch, adapted to all climates. Boason's illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps) contains a short history of watchmaking, with prices, from 3to 2f)o guineas each. It acts as a guide in the purchase of a watch, and enables those who live in any part of the world to select a watch, and have it sent safe by post. Prize mt. dal and lionorsable mention, classes 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, 33 and 31, Ludgate-hill, Loudon. Esta blished Watch and deck maker by special warrant of appeir tment to 1.1.1t,1f, the Prince of Wales. 101 i 4 31 24 224 1031 41 1031 3 THE FLOWERY LAND. William Taffer, second mate of the Flowery Land, writes to the Times as follows :—I notice in the Tunes of Saturday last a letter from " G. It. Steet, Chancellor to the Spanish Consulate," which contains some few remarks, and if allowed to go unnoticed may be received as facts, and be very injurious to my character. I wish to notice particu larly the sentence :—" It should be remembered that at this time all the men, Taffer included, were intoxicated." This is altogether untrue, as I never was intoxicated on board the Flowery Land, and I have my characters to show that lam and always been a sober man. Should this at all be disputed, I could refer to two captains who are here at the preoent time—namely, Capt. Marshall, of the barque.Ram bler, with whom I sailed for two years as boatswan and se cond mate; and Capt. Edwards, of the barque Investigator with whom I sailed five months. I have also many others to whom I could refer who have known me for years. I most distinctly deny the charge of being drunk, and hope you will allow this denial to appear in the Times. Hal I been drunk at the time we should all have been drowned, for the boats were nearly drawn down with the ship by the eddy, and had I not prevailed upon the men to pull the boat out of the eddy we must have been sucked down,as they appeared quite ignorant of the danger. It is even wrong in stating that the whole of the men were drunk, as most of them were very sober men— particularly the Manillamen. Mr. Steet also says,—" Tha men coul I neither understand their officers nor make themselves understood by them, and their delay in obeying orders was interpreted as laziness or insubordination, and punished accordingly. Short allow ance of food and water is an intolerable punishment in the ;ropics." Lyons acted as interpreter in the chief mate's watch, and Paul in the captain's watch, and there was no insubordina tion on board except with Carlos, and he was the only one in any way punished. There was no short allowance of eith.7r food or water, as we had hem cut 32 days, and she was provisioned for six months, and as far as sharing any rations with them I never had any rations shared out, as I always had my mess in the cabin with the captain, his brother, and mate. As to the men who have been reprieved I will not say a word ; but as to those five who have suffered this morning they were the greatest villains that ever lived, and all were guilty of the crime for which they have been executed. MARKETS—Tbis Day. NARK-LANE. Fresh up to Mark-lane to .day the arrivals of home .grown wheat were very moderate. Sales, however, progressed slowly in all qualities; nevertheless prices ruled firm. There were several parcels of Monday's unsold produce on the stands. There was a lair average supply of foreign wheat on offer. The business transacted was chiefly in small parcels, at the full prices current on Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at late rates. Good and fine malting barley ruled firm, at fully previous quotations; otherwise the barley trade was quiet, at late prices. Malt sold steadily, at full quotations. With oats the market was moderately supplied. Gene rally speaking, the- trade was in a sluggish state, yet prices ruled stationary. Beans and peas were in slow request, at fully the late decline in the currency. In flour about an average business was transacted, at late prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Knit Oats. Flout. English...— 390 I 480 1 309 I 2,690 1 240 Irish.. _ 2,400 -- Forsign....,. 8,330 1,030 3,670 460 slcs. bris BOROUGH HOP. The demand for hops is by no means active, nevertheless prices were very firm. .........••••••••• WHITECEAPEL. But moderate supplies of wheat are on sale, and tho trade is very firm, at the annexed currency :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; veal, 38 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3a 8d to 4s 8d per 811 as by the carcase. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Feb. 24.—Wind this day at noon—North• East; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, Fob, 23. Arrived—lvanhoe, from London for Canterbury, N,Z. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 23.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Jot, from Demerara for Sunderland. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAM.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 22—Solid, from Groningen; Coldstream, from Lisbon ; Haabet, from Holmstadt. Arrived, Feb. 24—Jules, from Gravelines ; Earl Albert, from Landscrona. Sailed, Feb. 23—Rambler, for Trinidad ; Mary Ann, for Corfu; Trade Wind, for St. Kitt's. Sailed, Feb. 24—Matilda, for Falkland Isles; William Tell, for Belize; Rainbow, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Louise, of Arundel, from North for West. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per milk pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.35 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is' about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Pario. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423} per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling,. standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, rather more than 2.loths per cent. dearer in London than in Ham burg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 174 to 175 per cent, and the premium on gold is about NI per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THEATRE OF WAR IN SCHLESWIG.—Under this head Mr. Wyld has published a fresh instalment of his maps illustrating the progress of the war now raging in Denmark. This last instalment leaves nothing to bode- sired. The town of Duppel, backe•l by the island of Alsen, is set forth with great distinctness, while the entrenchments thrown up by the Danes and the positions occupied by the allies are also made distinctly visible. This new map is an indispensable companion to all who wish to follow intern- gently the newspaper accounts of the progress of the war. TITLED AND UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY. — Wh en Louis XVI. ordained that no one should be pre sented at Versailles unless he could prove four hundred years of " gentility," in other words, that his ancestors bore arms before 1403, many counts and marquises were re. jetted as unworthy, though many an untitled gentleman, as old as Hampden of Hampden, left his tower or chateau, and posted up to court to establish his right. Every gen tleman, on hie pedigree being certified, was invited to join the royal hunt; and this privilege was entitled le droit de monter dans la carosse du Rol. The pl a in squire, to whom this right was allowed, was always held to be really supe rior even to the count or marquis whose claim was rejected. Were the same standard of gentility in vogue at St. James's, many an old English squire and highland bear away the palm of ancestry, while many a noble peer would, as at a tournament, have t o "ride the barriers."— Once a Week. chieftain would A YouNG " SWELL " — Thackeray has made the word classical—who thoroughly enjoys the Paris life, which, from station and fortune he is fully qualified to lead, betook e says a co n t emporar y, six months ago to Poland, h fought like a hero in the insurgent ranks merely from the love of the cause. He was shot through the body, but was fortunately rescued from the claws of the Russian bear, and got back to Paris ; he is now nearly well. " Mon cher," said a friend to him only yester day, " thou art well—we shall see thee directly at the club." " Yes," replied M. de —, " for a day or two, but the moment I can travel Igo back to my corps." Chivalry still exists even in 1864. AN EXTRAORDINARY ANECDOTE.—Replying to a slerical deputation the other day Victor Emmanuel is re ported to have said—" I am aware a report is circulated of my being on ill terms with the Holy Father, from whom I nevertheless again received, during the past year, further proofs of affection on the occasion of my daughter's mar riage. His Holiness has invited tne to Rome. I will add that I am in correspondence with him, and that I have good hopes that the time is not far distant when all differences will disappear." Mr, SAMUEL SHARPE was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on the 4th of February. An interesting discovery has been made of ear• respondence and literary papers of William Hone, author of the " Everyday Book." THE SLOW MARCH OF INT ELLECT.—Catkins is now a respectable young man, though I have known him to be otherwise. Ile has a Y o ung 'wife and child, and lives in another of our "models," The child was lately taken ill, so Catkins tells me, and adds that "no doctors, neither parish nor 'firmary, can cure him." I answer, that with a mother's care and nursing the child may outgrow the disease. " There is a quicker way," he replies, my-ste riously, "if it warn't for a dUliculty we are a f ra id o f." He is going to take the child soma fine morning before long, at sunrise, to a young ash sapling hard by. The sapling is to be split. The child is to be strip ped. Catkins is to be permitted to hold the split parts of the sapling far enough asunder to allow his in fant to be passed between them by the wi s e woma n, while sho repeats mysterious words, which alter he does not know, or ho dares not communicate. Aft er thi s i s d one , th e sapling will be carefully bound together, and its wound will be plastered with mud and clay. If the tree grows, the child certainly recovers; if it dies, or is cut down, the dis ease returns, and will remain for life. " And here," says Catkins, "is the deuce of it all. All the sticks in these parts is wanted for hop-poles every ten or twelve year, and the cure is never safe, because folks won't let 'cm be and , grow into timber,"—Dickens's lc All the Year iloold,'!, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. The uncertain state of the weather had a very material influence on the fortunes of this popular meeting; and the influx of both biped and quadruped into the town was limited in consequence, Chelmsford had this year stolen a march on the Northern fixture, but still Lincoln is pre eminently to racing men the opening of the season " on the flat," and a generally successful gathering rewards the exertions of the committee, Although the attendance was small the fields were large, all things considered, For the Trial Stakes 11 came to the post, Buckland being made the favourite, but Anglo Saxon secured a very easy victory for his owner. The same number of youngsters put in an appearance for the Brocklesby Stakes, Walter Baby and Blackbird being the most fancied by "the talent." But Mr, Hodgman' B colours, which showed so auspiciously at Chelmsford, were again borne in the var. by his Wind hound filly. The lot, however, was but an indifferent one. The City Handicap was a very easy af;.►ir for Reindeer, who won as he liked. A good race for the Steeplechase wound up a capital day's sport, The course was heavy. The Trial Stakes of 5 cove each. with 25 added; 3-yr-olds, 7st 31b; 4-yr-olds, 83t 101 b; 5-yr-olds, 9st 51b; G-yr- olds and aged, 9st 101 b. One mile. Mr J. Lowe's Anglo-Saxon, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Loates) 1 Mr G W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Whiteley) 2 Duke de Morny's Partisan, 5 yrs, Oat slb (Watkins) 3 The following also ran`:—Bird, Buckland, Dovedale, Redcap, Guerilla, Flying Fish, and The Sapper. Betting-3 to 1 agst Buckland, 4to 1 agst Anglo-Saxon and Partisan, 100 to 15 agst Redcap and Siva, and 10 to 1 agst Dovedale. Siva took up the running, followed pretty closely by Buckland, Anglo-Saxon, Partisan, and Guerilla ; East minster, who got badly off, bringing up the rear• They continued pretty much in this order to the turn into the straight,where Anglo-Saxon drew to the front, and Partisan and Siva running wide out of the course, he took a clear lead and wonin a canter by three lengths ; four lengths separating Partisan from Siva. Dovedale,Redcap, Guerilla, and Buck land were all together. Eastminster did not pass the post. The Erocklesby Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; for 2-yr-old colts, 88t 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Sat 71b. Half a mile. r Hodgman's Windhmind filly .............(Perry) 1 r Samuel's Blackbird (Edwarth) 2 Mr Savile's La Mechante The following also ran :—The Grappler, Simple Maid, Zizi, Lovelace, Water Baby, Britannia, Catalogue, and Brown Bread. Betting-3 to 1 agst Water Baby and Blackbird, sto 1 aget La Mechante, 8 to 1 agst Grappler, 10 to 1 each agst Windhound filly, Lovelace, Britannia, and Brown Bread. They got off with a capital start at the first attempt, the lead being taken by La Mechante, with Grappler, Blackbird, and Mr Hodrman's filly in close attendance. Water Baby, Lovelace, and Brown Bread were in the next division. At the distance the Windhound filly and Blackbird joined issue, but the former had the best of it and went in a winner by half a length, the same distance separating the second and third. Lovelace was fourth, and close up with him Cata logue. The Grappler was sixth, Brown Bread seventh, Britannia brought up the rear. The winner has been named Vision. The City Handicap of 3 soya each, with 40 added. Six furlongs. Mr F Fisher's Reindeer, 6 yrs, 7st .. Maidment) 1 Mr T Cliff's Ossian, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (H. Taylor) 2 Mr J Abel's Camperdown 6 yrs, Bst (Bradley) 3 Mr T Bancroft's CronstadE, 6 yrs, 7st 21b .. (Whiteley) 4 Mr F Stanley's Miss Emma, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b (Hibberd) 5 Mr J Ridley's Wen,lay colt, sst 12lb (Carroll) 6 Mr Bird's Lady of the Isles, 63t 91b (E. Taylor) 7 Betting-3 to 1 each agst Reindeer and Ossian, 7to 2 agst Miss Emma, 8 to 1 agst Camperdown, and 10 to lagst the Wensley colt. Reindeer made the running, with Camperdown and Ossian close up, and, gradually increasing his lead, won as he liked by six lengths, three lengths separating the second and third. Nothing else was in the race. _ _ _ The Grand Steeplechase (handicap) of 10 Eovs each, 5 ft, and only 3if declared, with sofdded. Four miles. Mr Welfitt's Rook the Gardener, 6 yrs, lOst 1 llb (W. White) 1 Mr Newman's Magician, aged, 10st 10Ib (Mr G. Walker) 2 Mr Wright ns Bridegroom (h b), aged, 1 Ist 21b (Mr G. Harford) 3 Mr Welfitt's Creole, 6 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr Goodman) 4 Mr G. Simpson's Red Robin, aged, 128 t 21b (Mr W. Simpson) 6 The following also ran :—Harkaway, Pine Apple, King ton, Malta, Cadet, and Baron of Avon. Betting-3 to 1 agst Baron of Avon, 4to 1 agst Pine Apple, 6 to 1 agst Rook the Gardeuer. Cadet went in front, followed by Malta and Rook the Gardener, the rest in single file. Cadet kept the lead until the second round, when he resigned in favour of Pine Apple, whe continued it up the hill with Rook the Gardener, Baron of Avon, and Magician wall up. Rook the Gardener headed them on entering the straight, and won by two lengths, a neck separating the second and third. A good fourth. BETTING AT MANCHESTER,YEsTERDA.r. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 apt Bantam (taken freely) 10 to 1 agat Emblematic (offered) 20 to 1 agst Jerusalem taken freely) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Anglo-Saxon (7 to 2 taken freely) CIIESTER CUP. 100 to 6 ngst Golden Pledge (taken) 20 to 1 Bar one (offered) STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Feb. 23.--In shipping yarns we [earn that there is literally no business doing for any market, and! that to effct sales lower prices would have to be taken. Telegrams from Calcutta are considered favourable, but they have led to no business here, and the market closes very quiet. The demand for home-trade yarns he 9 been very languid. Prices are easier, but not quotably lower, En cloths the demand has been quite as languid as that for yarns, and to effect sales manufacturers would have to give way in price. This, as a rule, they ere unwilling to do, but sellers holding stocks have shown same disposition to meet the wishes of buyers, and in such c lses some few sales have been effeced. The aggregate business of the day, how ever, is understood to have been of a very limited character. A telegram from Calcutta, two days later than that brought by last mail, speaks of a rather improved market, and of shirtings selling at rather better prices ; but these advances have led to no business in Manchester to-day. From Shanghai the news brought by this mail speaks of a money panic; exchange, 71. The arrivals of cotton in this country are likely to increase, and Messrs. Whit worth and Co, have put out a circular giving the total arrivals in Liverpool last week at 45,938 bales, and in London at 14,623 bales. They estimate the total arrivals this year at 226,358 bales, and state the quantity at sea from India, China, and Japan to the 20th of February at 555,651 bales, of which 456,987 had been shipped for Liverpool and the re mainder for London. Of this uuantity, however, upwards of 190,000 were from China and Japan, which are rather small bales. There seems to be some disposition here to enter on time bargains, and it is said that one manufacturer has contracted to deliver 10,000 pieces of cloth per month till Septem ber at a decided reduction in current prices. Messrs. J. Slagg and Co. report of to-day's cloth-market : " The late India telegrams, though ',reporting de cidedly more favourably of those markets, have failed to produce any movement here. Today we have a dull market, with no disposition to operate. Prices, though nominally unchanged, tend, if any thing, in favour of buyers." LEEDS, 23d.—The inclemency of the weather still operates prejudicially on the woollen cloth trade, buyers postponing purchases of spring- and summer rods until winter hes more nearly de parted. To-day's market, upon the whole, was of a quiet character in both the white and the coloured cloth halls, but in the aggregate as much cloth changed hands as on this day se'nnight. The great bulk of the goods sold were light materials, among them being white and fancy diagonals for ladies' wear, as well as a fair portion of meltons and tweeds. Bright colours are likely to prevail among ladies' goods, and buyers are on the look-out for novelties. Good black cloths keep in moderate request. The manufacturers are all in steady work, and their stocks are not at all in excess of what is usual. The wool trade is without material change. The flax trade keeps steady, and the mills are well employed. Tho raw material and yarns and threads are steady in price. There is some ground to believe that iu England, as well as in Ireland, a good deal more flax will be sown this year than last. CAMBRIDGE HONOURS.—The highest mathema tical honours in the University of Cambridge are this year divided between the south and the nor th of England, tho senior wrangler, Mr. Purkho', to whom the first Smith's , prize has been awarded, being a pupil of the City of London School; while the second wrangler, Mr. Turnbull, who is also the second Smith's prizeman, is a pupil of St. Peter's School, York. Mr. Turnbull, who is a native of Hackness, near Scarborough, was elected from St. Peter's School to a minor scholarship at Trinity, and was first in the college examinations of 1861 and 1862, in which year he gained a scholarship. He also obtained the Mathematical ExhibiCai in the University of London in 1861, and again in 1862, Effects of the late Lord Lyndhurst, The great room at Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods was crowded yesterday, and the prices realised were enor mous. The following were the more remarkable lots : Dresden, old Sevres, and Oriental Porcelain-153. A pair of small metal gilt candelabra, with old Dresden figures of children and flowers encrusted—£l2 10s. (Bassett). 159. A fine Marcolini Dresden bowl and cover, painted with birds and insects--£ll 10s. (Walsh). 161. A pair of large, basket pattern Dresden vases, encrus' ed with flowers and fruits; glass shades and stands—£ls lOs (Cooper). 162. A French clock, by Jadin, in case of Dresden porcelain, encrusted with flowers— £9 5s (Leask). 163. A pair of Dresden vases with :pierced covers, surmounted by bouquets of flowers, painted and encrusted with flowers and figures ; glass shades and stands-411 10a '(Ditto). 161. A rare Oriental bottle, with ornaments in colours, in circles oa white ground—.£J 103 (13 urlacher). 165. A pair of Dresden vases, encrusted with Mayfl)wers, and with guelder rose-branches and birds in relief-19 5s (Leask). 169. A tulip inkstand, mounted in ormolu, inlaid with Sevres plaques and with two Sevres cups -£9 153 (Girth). 176. A pair of large French two-handled vases, with subjects of figures in medallions on gold ground, one imperfect-£9 15s (Leask). 180. Head of Napoleon 1., taken after his death. An exquieite miniature by Madame Jocolot, on Sevres porcelain, of which only three copies were made, in engraved metal gilt open work frame--£l2 (B. Benjamin). 181 and 183. A triangular inkstand of Sevres, with three cups, painted with birds in medallions and mounted with ormolu, and a pair of boxes, formed as citrons, encrusted with flowers in colours, glass shades and stands, From Queen Charlotte's Collection-Sl4 (Bassett). 184 and 5. A pair of Dresden busts of children, and another of Dresden figures of children; glass shades and stands £ll (Wertheimer). 193 and 4. A pair of Oriental jars and covers, with ornaments in gold and colours on blue ground, another pair smaller ditto-£lB (Miller). 197-9. Nine small silver toy ornaments, with glass shades and stands, and three toy dishes, covers, and stands, all of silver-25i guineas (Mr Tite). 202. A pair of Marcolini Dresden flower pots, with festoons of foliage and goat's head handles, painted with buds and flowers with hyacinths-£26 lOs (J. Russell). 203. A very fine old Dresden vase and cover, surmounted by a bouquet of flowers, of scroll design, with openwork neck, painted with a cenvereation subject, and birds in medallions, pencilled with gold on crimson ground £l3 lOs (Miller). 204. A pair of Dresden openwork baskets, painted and encrusted with flowers-£lO. (Ditto). 205. A dejeuner service of old Sevres, turquoise, pencilled with gold, and painted with exotic birds in medallions, consisting of teapot and cover, sucrier and cover, milkpot and four cups and saucers-£l5 5s (Attenborough). 208. A pair of magnificent old Nankin jars and covers, covered with ornaments in blue, on white ground, and as ith bands of plants and dragons, 46in high-£l2O. (Durlacher). 209. A pair of Oriental jars and ewers, of extraordinary fine quality, rich crimson ground, enamelled with flowers, birds, and insects, in brilliant colours, on white compart ments; 18 inches high-125 guineas (Durlacher). 211. A very fine and rare triple gourd-shaped bottle, enamelled with plants in colours, on white ground, with ormolu rim ; 26 inches high-78 guineas (Ditto). 213. Thirty-six fine old Sevres plates, painted with baskets of flowers, with green all gold borders-£35 (Wells). Decorative Furni ture and Ornamental Objects.-216. A very fine old French bracket clock, by Grobie I'aine, in case of ormolu of fine scroll design and green shell,' with enamelled and chased ormolu dial--£27 (Leask). 217-19, A pair of Louis XVI. carved and gilt chairs, the seats and backs covered with crimson silkdamask, and 16 others covered with amter, crimson, and yellow silk drunask-£3l 58 (Ditto. 220-1. A fine old carved and gilt pier table, with scrolls, fes•• teens, and foliage, moulded slab, 44in wide, and a fine old French clock, by Imbert, with enamelled and chased dial, in case, and on bracket of tulipwood, richly mounted with ormolu-£2l 15s (Ditto). 222. An old French writ ing table, of king and tulip wood, w.th three drawers, richly mounted with ormolu, the top covered with green =mew leather; 50in by 26in-£23 (Leask). 223. A small oblong tray -top table, of inlaid satin wood, with shelf beneath, and brass gallery; 21in by 14in-£l5 10s (Weaver). 224 and 5. A beautiful old carved and gilt pier table, with busts, scrolls, and festoons, with moulded marble slab, 33i inches wide, and an old English pier glass, in two divisions, in gilt frames, richly carved with scrolls and flowers, about Gift by 3ft-117 Ss, (Waters.) 226. A pair of oval glasses, in elegantly carved and gilt frames, suspended from ribands, 26in by 17in-£2l 108. (Weaver), 227. A pair of pedestal cabinets, the doors formed of slabs of fine old coloured marqueterie, mounted with ormolu marble slabs, 37in wide-17 guineas (Waters). 228. A very fine Louis XVI. upright secretaire of inlaid wood, with a falldown front, enclosing drawers and sliding doors beneath, mounted with ormolu, in exquisite taste, with Brescia marble slab, 42in wile-78 guineas (Russell). 229. A beautiful Louis XVI. clock, by Lieutaud, with ena melled dial, in case of architectural design, surmounted by a vase and with festoons of folliage ; a trophy beneath ; glass shade and stand-£63 (Morland). 230. A pair of Oriental deep-blue boitles, richly mounted with necks, tall upright handles, and feet of ormolu, with lions' masks and festoons of drapery, in the finest taste of Louis XIV, ; glass shades and stands (from the late Earl of Lichfield's collection at Shuckborough)-r (Attenborough). 231. A. pair of fine old French candelabra, with Bacchanalian boys in bronze, after Clodion, bearing cornucopia branches of ormolu for two lights each, on fluted half columns of statuary marble, mounted with ormolu. From the same collection-£!3 (Durlacher). 232 and 3. An old French writing table, of inlaid kingwood, with three drawers mounted with ormolu, the top covered with green morocco leather, 62 in by 33in, and an oblong table, of old French marqueterie, with rising top, mounted with ormolu, 28in by 18in-38 guineas (ditto). 234. A fine oblong-shaped writing table, of Reisner marqueterie,inlaid with flowers and foliage in coloured woods, with two drawers, mounted with ormolu angles and feet, 3Sin by 20in-19 guineas (Annoot). 230. A Louis XIV, commode, of marqueterie, with two large and three smaller drawers, mounted with ormolu, with Brescia marble slab; Min wide-£47 5s (Russell). 236, A pair of handsome ormolu candelabra, of classic design. with branches for five lights each, chased with masks, foliage, and lions' feet, glass shades-.£16 les (Hancock). 237. A Louis XIV. clock, by Duquet, with enamelled and chased dial, in old black buhi case, mounted with or mulu-£3O lOs (Waters). 239. A very handsome six leaved screen, of Japan lacquer, with buildings, figures, and flowers in gold on black ground-£lO (ditto). 242. A handsome oblong despatch box of mahogany, mounted and inlaid with brass, with the arms and Crown of France and Royal cipher; the lock and key made by Louis XVI., and two extra keys, engraved " Clement, valet de °timbre, ta piesier-ebeniste du Roi," in outer morocco leather case, formerly the property of the Duc de Berri--30 guineas (Holmes). 244 and 245. A pair of carved and gilt tripod troncheres, supported on eagles, and a beautiful group in alabaster of Venus and Adonis, 28 inches high, with glass shade-36/ guineas (Waters). 247. A beautiful oblong Reisner writing-table, of trellis pattern parque torie, with writing slide and drawer with inkstand, brass gallery, and highly finished ormolu ornaments, in the style of Gouthier ; 32 inches by 191 in-£65 (Annoot). 219. A fine circular slab of statuary marble, inlaid with flowers in coloured Italian marbles ; on metal-gilt tripod, with eagles' heads and feet; a fine old Furstenburg dish beneath--£26. (Leask.) 256. A Louis XVI. writing-table of mahogany, mounted with gallery and mouldings of or molu, with three drawers, and inkstand at the back above, the top covered with morocco leather-£35 (Atten borough), 251. A Louis XVI. secretaire, of mahogany, with cylinder front, enclosing writing-slide and five drawers beneath, and three above, with brass mouldings and gray marble slab-28 guineas (Bassett). '262. A Louis XIV. clock, by Couturier, with enamelled dial, in handsome case of ormolu, with the figure of a child seated on books, and a festoon of flowers, glass shade and stand-25 guineas (Leask). This was the last of the ornamental objects. The remaining household furniture and effects and the library will be sold at the mansion in George-street, Hanover square, during the rest of the week. THE PETROLEUM TRADE.—The remarkable de. velopment of the trade in petroleum is exciting great attention on the other side of the Atlantio. "North America," says the New York Tribune, " seems to be in all respects an exceptional region. Coal and iron rose here, within a single lifetime, into national importance. The gold of California became a gigantic staple within a twelvemonth. The last of these extraordinary eccen tricitice is petroleum. Four years have been sufficient to elevate it from the worthless condition of a floating pellicle on the surface of an obscure creek to the rank of a prime staple, of which the world cannot get enough. There is nothing in the history of industrial develop ment to equal the progress it has made," The Tribune proceeds as follows--" Up to 1863 the progress of the petro leum trade astonished everybody. But that of the pest year has exceeded all expectation. It is evident the welts have no bottom. What the product for the year has been we cannot say. It may be tha t in the excitement of a highly prosperous business no accurate account has been kept. But the cuetom louse figures give some indication. Petro. learn isbxpotted to every country in the world. In 1861 ese shipped 1,112,476 gallons; in 1862 it rose to 10,857,701 gal lons; and in 1863 it reached the extraordinary quantity of 28,000,000. 01 this total, 19,514,004 gallons were shipped from this port. In addition to this foreign export, the home demand is enormous. Though the whole business is strictly a new one, yet it Lae already assumed shape and stability. Ships for conveying it to England are con structed oil tight, and the barrels emptied directly into the hold, thus eerrying it in bulk, The export of last year employed what was Need to 252 ships of I,oso tuns each, and was worth nearly 15,000.00 dollars if refined, or about 12 , 000 , 00 0 dollars if crude. The ex port for this year is estimated at 40,000,000 gallons, Refined coal oil is now as colourless as water, and quite as free from smell. It is burred in lamps of tens of thou sands of families, and fortunes have been realised by the inventors of lamps and th e manu facturers of shades and chimneys. The consumption for illuminatiag purposes has only just begun. As the pleasantest and cheapest light, next to gas, it is de s ti ne d t o su persede all but the latter. Like iron, gold, and coal, no one can fix the limit of con sumption. It can only be arrested I;y feilure on the wells to yield. Of this geologists assert that there is little pro bability," SECOND E ITION. 2UN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Day, LINCOLN RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) INNKEEPERS' PLATE. CronEtadt .. R o pe Dancer .... LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Benjamin Partisan Anglo-Saxon _.. Eeven ran. INPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS--Tills Day. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. RENTS (IRELAND) BILL. Oa the motion of Mr. LONGFIELD the order for the second reading of this bill was discharged, with the under standing that the measure should be originated in the /louse of Lords as previously. LANDED PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT (IRE LAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. In consequence of the absence of Irish members at the assizes the second reading of the bill was postponed until April 27. • MALT TAX CATTLE BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. BASS objected to the measure, and said that its nature was net properly understood through out the country, and was regarded by the farmers with great dissatisfaction, He denied that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made out a satisfactory case for this bill. Ihe right hon. gentleman said that the duty on beer was 25 per cent,, but the farmers calculated that it amounted to 75 per cent., and although he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) said that the duty on foreign wines which came into competition with beer was from 50 to 100 per cent., ho (Mr. Bass) from information received from the highest authorities on this subject in London was led to the con clusion that the duty on the foreign wines amounted to not more than 27 per cent. He (Mr. Bas.:4) therefore submitted that this was a reasonable argument why the duty on beer which the Chancellor of the Exchequer said was 2.5 per cent. should be reduced one half, (Hear, heat.) He was convinced that the measure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not prove satisfactory, in whatever light it was regarded, and that the only remedy for the grievance of which the right hon. gentleman complained was to reduce the malt duty one half. Mr. DU CANE said that, during the interval between the present time and the second reading of the bill, he had com municated with his constituency (an agricultural one), who were unanimous with regard to this measure, and their opi nion might be summed up in one word, namely, that the more they looked at it the less they liked it. (Hear, hear.) He considered that if anything was calculated to make malt stets rogues this bill would effectually do it, because it held forth to them a premium for the adulteration of linseed. Before concluding he would quote the words of a poet with whom the right hen. gentleman (the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was familiar : " Timeo Dannas et done fereztes," (Laughter.) [LEFT SITTING.] THE ENGAGEMENT AT •DIIPPEI', (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) OFFICIAL PRUSSIAN ACCOUNT. BERLIN, FEB. 23, 1.50 P.M. An official despatch published today says : " At daybreak yesterday the Roder, Caustein, end Groben Brigades, accompanied by artillery, made a reconnaissance towards the entrenchments of Dup pel within the range of the guns. Fielii Marshal von Wrangel, the Crow a Prince, and Prince Frederick .Charles of Prussia were on the field. " Our loss WP9 three killed and 20 wounded. " We have several officers and 200 rank and file of the enemy prisoners, and have taken several flags. . LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Evening. WAR OFFICE, FEE. 20. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major-General Duncan Alexander Cameron, C.B. (having the local rank of Lieutenant- General while in the command of the troops in New Zea land), to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN• OFFICE, FEB. 22. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel Otis Johnson as Consul in the Bahama Islands for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Eduardo Verdegay as Vice-Consul at Newcastle for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Nel son Arnold as Vice-Consul at Dublin for the Republic of Haiti. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joseph William Trutoh, Esq.. to be Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor-General for the colony of British Columbia. WHITEHALL, FEB. 23. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Robert Francis Colvin to the chu'ch and parish of St. Leonard's, in the Presbytery of St. Andrew's, and county of Fife, vacant by the resignation of th e Rev. John Cook, D.D. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 22. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a notification from the Prus sian Ambassador, that the beacons at Swinemuade were extinguished on the 11th instant. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 23. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. M. C. O'Dell, Chaplain of the Fofirth Class, to be Chaplain of the Third Class. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 23. With reference to the London Gazette of the 16th inst., Retired Captain Reginald Yorke has been advanced from the 9th inst., to be a Retired Rear-Admiral, under the pro visions of her Majesty's Order in Council of Aug, 1, 1860. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the uazette : John William Seen, china dealer, Chelsea Benjamin James Ladd, baker, Bermondsey John Cash, bui!der, Camden-town Henry Pask, painter, Old Saint Pancras-road John Gaskell, farmer, Thornhaugh Wm, Harris, baker, Shoreditch George Falconer, florist, Peckham Charles Wiblin, jun., butcher, Oxford David Picken, coal merchant , Daniel Faulkner, butcher, Abingdon Abraham Downton, c h eese monger, Pentonvine-road Albert Heymeson:tailor, Oxford-market BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert Brown, brickmaker, Bradford SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. David 31'Connell, farmer, Ayrshire William Heron, woollen merchant, Edinburgh Irvine and Bryce, manufacturing chemists, Glasgow Robert APConnell, farmer, Girvan William I\l‘Connell, farmer, M'Crindleston, Ayrshire John Chalmers, farmer, Boharm, Banffshire. Course of the Exchange.--Yester day, ilmsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. 12 Ot 12 1 Antwerp — 25 65 25 72k B r ussels — 25 65 25 721 H a mburgh — 13 8 13 81 Paris .. Short 25 32i 25 40 Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 72t 25 771 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —... 119$ 119 a Vienna Triesto -12 30 12 40 Peterriburgh — 32/ 331 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz iil Leghorn an e Genoa .... 0 ..... .-- 2 5 5 8 8 71 ',5 5 9 9 2/ Naples ............. '-' 2 67 1 25 ' 921 Palerruo ............ "" 2 5 25 871 25 92i Messina Lisbon — Oporto...- . Foreign mciiean Gold Dollarsin .Bar e I. Silver in Bars (Standard) 62 62 ...---------------77—... 621 52,- 0 5 1 . ..................... per 0z.... £3 1 0 7 9 0 ____ Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DITE. -------- - Australia and Mauritius, via via Mar Southampton .. .Dar. r. 20. seilles firazil and Cape- Verds, by British paAet. I,ar. 6. Cape of Good lion Ascension, and St. 11.elenu 1 . ' ,1 ). China, renitug, uud Siugapurc, via tioutliutuptou.Mir. 3- - via Marseilles l, L• 27* Falkland Lianas Gibraltar, via Southampton ...... .... ......: ''''''' 26. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via..'z'o.u.t.litim. ''''''''' .Dlar. 3. • via Marseilles .... FeL. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. .......... Feb. 26. via Marseilles ................ Mar. 7. Portugal.... ............................ Mar. G. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, vi.a..B.outbaniptoz; ...... Feb. 26., --. Sift Mar ........ 1"..b. 27. Newfoundland ............................... Mar. 2. Oporto and Vigo ........................ U. S. and 13ritish N. Arnarica, Lyßrit. pa' kct .... Fob. 25 , by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Feb. 26. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and I:me:life .......... Mar. 10. Mar. 11, Bahamas, via Now York .................. Memico .......................... t ........... Feb. 2J. All parts of West Indies, inclu&ng tibili, Peru, ).,„ , e. CaLifurata. a.ud Lritish Coluniliia.. -w. 9. igs of led g y the thi s rota e dit sal 035 Jag: it 0- To It o. our tit r t „ 3,c) a st a ctor► 100 c. Irate" ;5 00 011 par edil ..vaii, ti ter Flo l° TO o da?' 81131'11 fe 5° Get )r St' ,1 Pr fro fed ti )over. ed ift id ii/ TEE SUN, LO1q)ON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1864